Neville Goddard on Psalms 6:1-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 6 in context

Scripture Focus

1O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

2Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

3My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?

4Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.

5For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

6I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

7Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

8Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.

9The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.

10Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.

Psalms 6:1-10

Biblical Context

The psalmist pleads for mercy, asks for healing and deliverance, and laments weariness and grief while trusting that God hears his prayers. The passage frames suffering as a call to return to the divine awareness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the Psalms, the LORD is not a distant judge but the I AM, the steady awareness in which you live. The psalmist’s cry—rebuke, mercy, healing—exposes a shift of inner state, not a plea to an external person. The 'anger' and 'hot displeasure' are the mind's resistance to change; the 'bones vexed' and the tears describe the body's experience of that resistance. When you reinterpret these lines, mercy becomes your natural condition, and healing is a revision of your sense of self. To deliver my soul is to release the sense of self from old stories of lack; to remember that in death there is no remembrance of thee is a stark reminder that life persists only as awareness now. As you align with the I AM, the imagined enemies—fear, grief, doubt—lose their power, and the LORD is heard because you have chosen to hear from the seat of consciousness. The prayer then becomes a declaration: I am here in mercy; I am heard; I am delivered by the truth of my own awareness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the I AM as ruler of your experience; repeat I am heard, I am delivered until the feeling of relief settles and your body rests in quiet, merciful awareness.